Chapter 2:
  • Malcolm gets taken in by a white foster family
  • Mason Junior High class president
  • Lesson learned: white people don't see black people as their equal
  • Tenses up when being called the n word on the basketball court
  • Witnesses interracial couples; would not occur in open day Lansing
  • White men "using" Malcolm; forcing him to ask out white girls
  • He looks a lot older than he is and intends to use it to his advantage
  • He feels like he won't do to much in Lansing
    • Moves to Boston with his sister